Woodkid

Stepping out from behind the camera, Yoann Lemoine became one of the few music video directors to embark on a recording career of his own, with a number of releases under the guise of Woodkid. Born in Lyon in 1983, he studied illustration and animation at the Emile Cohl School before landing jobs on Luc Besson's Arthur and the Invisibles and Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. In between shooting promos for the likes of Katy Perry ("Teenage Dream"), Taylor Swift ("Back to December"), and Lana Del Rey ("Born to Die," "Blue Jeans"), he recorded the Iron EP and the Run Boy Run EP. His self-directed video for "Run Boy Run" won Lemoine an MVPA Award for Best Director of the Year, and a Grammy nomination for Best Music Video. His debut album as Woodkid, The Golden Age, arrived in March 2013. The album received largely enthusiastic reviews, and fared well commercially, rising to number two on the French album charts, and going Top Ten in Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland. ~ Jon O'Brien, Rovi

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I was show the assassin's creed revelations with iron in the background. I spent 3 weeks trying to find the artist. Now I'm here and I can't describe the music. Every time I listen to one of this guy's tracks I pick out a new part of the music because there are so many amazing rhythms and notes played by every instrument. overall I just can't say enough about how good woodkid's music is.

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Listening to his album The Golden Age feels like an emotional journey that makes you feel empty when it's over. It has been a while since music had moved me, but Woodkid has something special. I just hope he gets the recognition he deserves.

Woodkid, in my mind, ranks as the most creative artist of today. Unlike other pop artists, he takes his percussion and orchestra themes to a whole new decree of sophistication. He went against the flow of everyone and won in a landslide. I hope a lot more people recognize this and make the extra effort to never be mediocre and to always think deeply. To Woodkid and all the other unrecognized true artists out there! To you all!